Kaval Sviri

Kaval Sviri (Bulgarian: Кавал свири) whose title translates as “The Flute Plays” is a traditional Bulgarian folk song. A popular version was arranged by Petar Lyondev and performed by Ensemble Trakia of the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, on the album Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II (album), released in 1988 on the Nonesuch label in the United States.^[1]

Popular belief holds that the song was used by composer Joseph LoDuca as the basis for Xena's fight theme in Xena: Warrior Princess, although the vocals that appear in the show's opening sequence sing different lyrics.^[2]

The song is also sampled in Austrian Neue Deutsche Härte band Stahlhammer's song Stahlingrad, from the 1997 album Wiener Blut. The song has been performed by choirs around the world, including a popular version by the Yale Slavic Chorus,^[3] although their video incorrectly attributes the arrangement to another famous Bulgarian composer, Filip Kutev.

Lyrics

Bulgarian {Cyrillic alphabet)	Transliterated into Latin alphabet	Translated into English
Кавал свири, мамо, горе доле, мамо, горе доле, мамо. Кавал свири мамо, горе доле, мамо, под селото. Я ще ида, мамо, да го видя, да го видя, мамо, да го чуя. Ако ми е нашенчето ще го любя ден до пладне, Ако ми е ябанджийче ще го любя дор до живот. ^[4]	Kaval sviri, mamo, gore, dole, mamo, gore, dole, mamo. Kaval sviri, mamo, gore dole, mamo, pod seloto. Ja shte ida mamo da go vidja, da go vidya mamo, da go chuja. Ako mi e nashencheto shte go lubja den do pladne, ako mi e jabandzhijche, shte go lubja dor do zhivot.	The kaval is playing, mother, up, down, mother, up, down, mother. The kaval is playing mother, up, down, mother, below the village. I will go, mother, to see it, to see it, mother, to hear it. If it's a guy from our village I'll love him from dawn till dusk, If it's a stranger I'll love him all my life.

Bulgarian {Cyrillic alphabet)

Transliterated into Latin alphabet

Translated into English

Кавал свири, мамо,
горе доле, мамо, горе доле, мамо.
Кавал свири мамо,
горе доле, мамо, под селото.

Я ще ида, мамо, да го видя,
да го видя, мамо, да го чуя.

Ако ми е нашенчето
ще го любя ден до пладне,
Ако ми е ябанджийче
ще го любя дор до живот. ^[4]

Kaval sviri, mamo,
gore, dole, mamo, gore, dole, mamo.
Kaval sviri, mamo,
gore dole, mamo, pod seloto.

Ja shte ida mamo da go vidja,
da go vidya mamo, da go chuja.

Ako mi e nashencheto
shte go lubja den do pladne,
ako mi e jabandzhijche,
shte go lubja dor do zhivot.

The kaval is playing, mother,
up, down, mother, up, down, mother.
The kaval is playing mother,
up, down, mother, below the village.

I will go, mother, to see it,
to see it, mother, to hear it.

If it's a guy from our village
I'll love him from dawn till dusk,
If it's a stranger
I'll love him all my life.

References

External links

Performance by the Yale Slavic Chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGj02fmxCk

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